PAUL CHARNLEY wore a broad smile when his Coventry Sphinx side landed a plum home tie in the last 32 of the FA Carlsberg Vase.

The Sphinx chief was delighted the Siddeley Avenue outfit came out of the hat alongside the winners of the Salford City versus Hallam tie, postponed last weekend, and even more pleased the winners of that contest will be Coventry-bound on January 19.

An emphatic 4-0 thumping of Oldbury booked Sphinx's passage into the fourth round for the first time in the club's history.

Charnley said: "The win over Oldbury was pleasing and I'm overjoyed we are at home in the next round as that gives us a great chance of reaching the last 16 which would be a great feat."